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OSCAR FORECAST: Best Supporting Actor 2013

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Best Supporting Actor (10-09-12): Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln Alan Arkin, Argo Dwight Henry, Beasts of the Southern Wild Robert De Niro, The Silver Linings Playbook Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master Best Supporting Actor: With four of the favorites being past … Continue reading →

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Mess, Stink, Love, and Humidity: The Paperboy

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Pauline Kael famously said, “Movies are so rarely great art that if we cannot appreciate great trash we have very little reason to be interested in them.” If you haven’t heard it yet in reference to The Paperboy, I assure … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Lee Daniels, Movies, Oscar Talk, Reviews, The Paperboy, Uncategorized | Tagged 2012 Movies, Cannes, cinema, critical talk, Entertainment, film, Films, John Cusack, Lee Daniels, Macy Gray, Matthew McConaughey, Movies, Nicole Kidman, oscar, oscar hopeful, Reviews, The Paperboy, Zac Efron | Leave a comment

Adele’s Skyfall (official this time)

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

The song has now officially hit the web. A long, dark, and looming progression lends the song a sweeping scope that’s grand yet foreboding. Adele’s voice crackles with spirit as it emerges from under the epic instrumentals of a 77-piece orchestra. … Continue reading →

Posted in 007, Adele, Best Original Song, Films, News | Tagged 007, Adele, best original song, cinema, critical talk, Entertainment, film, James Bond, Movies, oscar, oscar hopeful, oscars, Skyfall | 1 Comment

OSCAR FORECAST: Best Editing 2013

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Best Editing Predictions (as of 10/04/12): Argo, William Goldenberg Life of Pi, Tim Squyres Lincoln, Michael Kahn Django Unchained, Fred Raskin Zero Dark Thirty, Dylan Tichenor Best Editing: I love this category. I’m not sure why, but this one may be the … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Oscar Talk | Tagged Anna Karenina, Argo, best editing, cinema, critical talk, Django Unchained, Dylan Tichenor, Entertainment, Films, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Movies, oscar, oscar hopeful, oscars, picks, predictions, Skyfall, Tarantino, The Master, Zero Dark Thirty | Leave a comment

Rare Kindness: The Intouchables

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Like so many contemporary Europeans movies, especially those coming out of France, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s The Intouchables – France’s 2013 Oscar submission – borrows a typically Hollywood aesthetic. Somehow, even when existing along predictable plot points, fit with … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, Reviews, The Intouchables | Tagged cinema, critical talk, Eric Toledano, Films, Foreign Film, French Film, Movies, Oivier Nakache, Oscar Foreign Entry, oscars, The Intouchables | 2 Comments

Promised Land Trailer

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

At first glance, Promised Land looks a little like a superficial dramatization of Gasland to me. I hope Van Sant and company make me eat these words as I fully anticipate this could be a gripping drama that makes startling, … Continue reading →

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Karen O’s Frankenweenie Tune

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

I have no idea what to expect from Tim Burton’s newest film, Frankenweenie. It’s not that it doesn’t interest me. His films in fact always have a way of pulling me in. It’s just that his work has a way … Continue reading →

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SNL and a Whole World of Likes

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

In our ever-changing, technologically-absorbed world, there seems to be one constant: LIKE. Did you like the photo? Can you “like” my photo? I just didn’t like it. And, of course, “I, like, did like it.” In the season premiere of … Continue reading →

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The Lincoln Trailer Google Coup

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

Yesterday DreamWorks and the quintessential nerd-be-cool team of Steven Spielberg and Joseph Gordon-Levitt seemed to have broken new ground when they released the trailer for Lincoln on Google hangout. I suspect the idea was to have a purely interactive experience, … Continue reading →

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A Brand Name Artist’s America

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Zac Petrillo

The Master: From its Norman Rockwell-like wealth of colors, ones that run the gauntlet of the spectrum without playing favorites, to it’s sense of control and over-branded capitalism, The Master feels every bit like a slice of America. Albeit, this … Continue reading →

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